Chapter 12: Making a Video

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Introduction

This chapter is about using the camera for taking movies. It addresses the problems a still photographer may not anticipate when he starts recording movies. The major problem is replacing skills mastered using one recording medium with new approaches more suitable for the new medium.

A still photographer has to remember that when he is recording a movie he is no longer recording an instant in time. A movie is a recording made over time and the proper settings for the camera have to be maintained for the entire recording. The attitude toward focusing is an example of this different approach. In still photography, ...

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